Cradle.



No. 756,230. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. F. M. GODDARD.

I GRADLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 5, 1902.

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UNIT D STATES Patented April 5, 1904. I

PATENT OFFICE.

CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,230, dated April 5,1904.

Application filed March 5, 1962.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cradles, of whichthe follow- 7 ing is a full, clear, and exact'description.

My invention has for its object the providing of a knockdown cradlewhich when occupied will not asit is swung from side to side or moved upand down be subject to sudden jerks and which can be adjusted so as totilt at any angle desired, so as to relieve the position of the babe.This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described and asparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2is a perspective View of the cradle.

In the drawings, A represents screw-plates, each having a horizontal luga projecting therefrom provided with a suitable bearingaperture. Theseplates are secured to a window or door frame B, one above the other at asuitable distance apart, and have the ends of a swinging crane Cjournaled in said apertures. Crane C consists of a single piece of heavywire or steel rod bent into a sort of V shape-that is, its lower'branchor beam or brace is inclined downward from the outer end of the beam tothe lowermost screw-plate A. The journaled extremity Z) of the beam isbent upward and extends from below up through its hearings in lug a ofthe upper screw-plate. Thebearing extremity c of the brace, however, isbent inward toward the support to which the screw-plates are attachedand then downward; Thisinverted-L shape provides said extremity 0 with ashoulder d, which when said extremity is passed clownward into thebearing-aperture rests upon the lug a of the lower screw-plate A, asshown. The angle of the crane, or, in other words, the bend toward whichthe beam and brace of the crane converge, is formed into a loop a, andbetween this loop 6 and extremity c the sweep of the brace is curvedinward toward the axial plane of the journaled extremities of the crane.This construction gives the'crane a certain elasticity which enables itto yield Serial No. 96,864- (No model.)

when a weight is suspended from the loop 6.

Suspended from the loop 6 of the crane is a suitable coilcontraction-spring D, and suspended from the lower hooked end of thisspring is a cradle E. Cradle E consists of a rectangular frame F, towhich the hemmed edges of a canvas hammock or body f are secured, andthis body may be lined with silk or otherwise finished on the inside andoutside, if desired, to give it a very ornate and pleasing appearance.The end portions of frame F are preferably jointed attheir centers oflength by hinges g g, which enables the cradle to be folded when thesides are swung downward, but prevents their folding upward. A detaileddescription of these hinges is unnecessary. It is sufiicient to say thatsaid hinges are similar to those used to join the elbows of foldingbuggy-tops. Cradle E is suspended from spring D by means of two bails GrGr, which are preferably made of strong rope or cord one end of each ofwhich is tied or otherwise suitably secured to one corner of the frame Fat the head of the cradle, and the other end is fastened to the corneron the opposite side of the frame at the foot of the cradle. of thesebails is arranged in the plane of one diagonal of said frame and theother in the opposite diagonal, and they thus support all four cornersof the cradle and cross each other One.

when said cradle is in a perfectly horizontal "that the foot thereofwill be lowerthanthe head, substantially as shown in Fig. l, and theposition of the babytherein will be inclined. Thus the position of thecradle can be regulated as desired, providing some means be provided tomaintain the center of gravity at such adjusted intersection of thebails. This is accomplished by means of a sleeve or thimble H, throughwhich the intersectingportions of the bails are slipped and looped, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and caught over the hooked end of saidspring D. Any means which will create suflicient friction to prevent thebails from slipping in a manner similar to sleeve H will answer just aswell.

What I claim as new is 1. The combination of a yielding pivoted cranehaving a beam and brace made of one continuous piece, a cradle, bailssupporting said cradle and formed with loops mediate their ends, a coilcontraction-spring, secured to said pivoted crane, over the lower hookedend of said spring the loops of said bails are caught, and a sleevethrough which said loops pass.

2. The combination of a yielding pivoted crane having a beam and bracemade of one continuous piece, a longitudinally-tiltable cradle, bailssupporting said cradle and formed with loops mediate their ends, ,a coilcontractionspring, secured to said pivoted crane, over the lower hookedend of said spring the loops of said bails are caught, and a sleevethrough which said loops pass. A

3. The combination of a yielding pivoted crane having a beam and bracemade of one continuous piece, a cradle having a single foldinghinge ateach end adapted to fold the same in a longitudinal plane mediate itslongitudinal sides, bails supporting said cradle and formed with loopsmediate their ends, a coil contraction-spring, secured to said pivotedcrane, over the lower hooked end of said spring the loops of said bailsare caught, and a sleeve through which said loops pass.

4. The combination of a yielding pivoted crane havinga beam and bracemade of one continuous piece, a longitudinally-tiltable cradle having asingle folding-hinge at each end pass.

FRANK M. GODDARD. Witnesses:

JAY L. GODDARD, JULIUS FICKE, FRANK D. THoMAsoN.

